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. 1995 Jan;33(1):137–140. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.1.137-140.1995

Isolation of the newly described species Mycobacterium celatum from AIDS patients.

E Tortoli 1, C Piersimoni 1, D Bacosi 1, A Bartoloni 1, F Betti 1, L Bono 1, C Burrini 1, G De Sio 1, C Lacchini 1, A Mantella 1
PMCID: PMC227895  PMID: 7699029

Abstract

Mycobacterium celatum is a recently described species which, on the basis of conventional tests, may be misidentified as Mycobacterium xenopi or as belonging to the Mycobacterium avium complex. Only genomic sequencing or high-performance liquid chromatography of cell wall mycolic acids can presently allow a correct identification of this mycobacterium. Two cases of infection due to M. celatum, in AIDS patients, are described here. The quantitative susceptibility pattern of the isolates to a wide spectrum of drugs is also reported.

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